Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice

  • A hand holds a small model of a factory with two smokestacks.
    cancer

    ‘Factory’ implant shows promise for fighting several cancers

    "This research represents an important step forward in the quest to provide more effective treatments for patients battling metastatic cancers."
  • A stack of old phones stands on a white surface.
    batteries

    Faster, cleaner method recovers lithium from battery waste

    A new process can retrieve as much as 50% of the lithium in spent lithium-ion battery cathodes in as little as 30 seconds.
  • A researcher wearing blue gloves holds the small red sensor under a light using tweezers.
    spinal cords

    Tiny sensor tracks spinal cord neurons in action

    "Up until now, the spinal cord has been more or less a black box." A new sensor could help advance spinal cord disease and injury treatment.
  • A young woman sleeps on a couch.
    brains

    During sleep, brains try to predict the future

    During sleep, some neurons not only replay the recent past but also anticipate future experience, research in rats shows.
  • wearable devices

    Material that moves like skin could improve wearable devices

    A new material that moves like skin could lead to wearable devices that work continuously and consistently without wires or batteries.
  • Noodles wrapped around a fork on a black background.
    hydrogels

    Aligned ‘noodles’ could pave way for lab-grown biological tissue

    A new way to make lab-grown biological tissue could offer possibilities for regeneration after injury.
  • The brain stimulation implant device is a small pink cube with a clear top.
    brains

    Pea-sized brain implant could treat depression and more

    An implantable brain stimulator could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric disorders, researchers say.
  • One macaque grooms another as it lays on a rock.
    brains

    Monkeys shed light on how visual cues guide cooperation

    "Until now, we didn't know how what we are looking at guides our decision to cooperate or not..."
  • colorful spheres in wire spring
    materials science

    Atomic ‘hula’ turns rare-earth crystal into magnet

    When the atomic lattice in a rare-earth crystal gets animated with a corkscrew-shaped vibration called a chiral phonon, the crystal becomes a magnet.
  • slinky arcs across two gray blocks
    materials science

    Material can reconnect severed nerves

    The researchers showed that the material can precisely stimulate neurons remotely and to bridge the gap in a rat's broken sciatic nerve.
  • A researcher works on the glove, which has electronics embedded in the fingers.
    temperature

    Material kills viruses with heat but stays cool to the touch

    A new fabric packs a deadly heat to kill viruses but without burning skin. It could change the way we make and use PPE, researchers say.
  • A person walks across a crosswalk on a street.
    touch

    New wearable device uses touch to tell you where to go

    A new wearable device uses touch to direct the wearer. It could help in navigation or be useful for people with vision or hearing problems.